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The wait is officially over. The Chicago Cubs appear to be the winners of the Yu Darvish sweepstakes which is ending on Saturday. According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs and Darvish have agreed to a six-year deal worth near $150M pending a physical. Rosenthal reported the deal on Saturday afternoon: https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/962413578119794690 Jon Heyman confirmed Rosenthal's report and dropped ...

Some changes are coming to both the North and South Side of Chicago. Major League Baseball announced on Thursday morning that protective netting will be installed at all 30 stadiums ahead of the 2018 season. The announcement states that each club has agreed to install protective netting to at least the far ends of both dugouts. Some will be installed further. “Providing baseball fans with a variety of seati ...

It was reported that free agent pitcher Yu Darvish will sign with an MLB team during this past week. But it hasn't happened yet. That doesn't mean that the sweepstakes for Darvish aren't about to be over. ESPN.com's baseball writer Jerry Crasnick tweeted some information on about the situation Saturday afternoon stating that he does not know if a decision is coming soon but also noted one of the teams belie ...

Last season, the Chicago Cubs were the team to beat in the NL Central and the Milwaukee Brewers were one of the teams chasing them. This season, the Brewers may be less of a tagalong in the division race and more of a direct threat to the Cubs. Milwaukee made a pair of major moves for outfielders on Thursday night. First, the Brewers dealt a bevy of prospects to the Miami Marlins for Christian Yelich. Withi ...

The pitching market, like the free agent market overall, has been more stagnant than usual this offseason. With Yu Darvish, Jake Arrieta and Alex Cobb all still on the market, the Cubs signing Tyler Chatwood remains the biggest transaction for a starter this winter. Chatwood hasn’t had the success and doesn’t have the pedigree of the three top starting free agents. However, with minimized pressure as the fi ...

The Yu Darvish sweepstakes appear to be coming to an end and the pitcher will reportedly sign with an MLB team very soon. According to MLB reporter Jon Morosi, Darvish is expected to sign with an MLB team this week ending his free agency just under a month before pitchers & catchers report to Spring Training. Morosi also notes that the Minnesota Twins are one team that Darvish is having active talks with. h ...

The talk surrounding Yu Darvish is starting to heat up. On Monday it was reported that the Milwaukee Brewers offered a contract to the free agent pitcher, hoping they could land him and improve their chances at winning the NL Central next year. But honors later something interesting happened. The Chicago Cubs signed catcher Chris Gimenez to a minor league deal. Gimenez spent time with the Texas Rangers, ser ...

Willson Contreras is just full of confidence. The catcher is entering his third season in MLB and is coming off a solid 2017 campaign in which he established himself as one of the top players at his position in the National League. But Contreras isn't settling for just being one of the top players. Instead, he wants to be the best. At the annual Cubs Convention over the weekend, Contreras talked about how h ...

The Chicago Cubs will return to action in March as they open the 2018 season on the road in Miami. They will open up their 2018 home schedule in April, which means more promotions for fans attending games. At the annual Chicago Cubs convention that took place last week, the tentative 2018 promotional schedule was revealed and it's headlined by some awesome bobbleheads. The Cubs had several World Series cham ...

The 2018 Cubs Convention officially kicks off on Friday night, giving fans a taste of the upcoming Chicago Cubs season. It's a time and place for fans to gather to show their fandom, get the latest on the team, more info on Wrigley Renovations, meet players and play games. But before all of that can start, there's some business to take care of. On Friday morning, the Cubs officially avoided arbitration with ...